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2. 5 things to know about Memorial Day, including its ... - AOL

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   Dennis said the creation of the three-day weekend recognized that Memorial Day had long been transformed into a more generic remembrance of the dead, as well as a day of leisure. In 1972, Time ...

3. Memorial Day - Wikipedia

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   May 30, 1868. Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [1] is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [2] [3] It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of summer in the ...

4. Bridges: The origins of Memorial Day as we know it - AOL

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   The organization was founded shortly after the Civil War. In 1868, Union Gen. John A. Logan, now head of the Grand Army of the Republic, called for Decoration Day to take place on May 30 of that ...

5. When Is Memorial Day? Here's What to Know Ahead of the Holiday

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   Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 27, 2024. Yes, this makes it a long weekend! (Possibly *the* long weekend of all long weekends! 🙌) For reference, that means you can officially begin your ...

6. National Moment of Remembrance - Wikipedia

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   The National Moment of Remembrance is an annual event that asks Americans, wherever they are at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, to pause for a duration of one minute to remember those who have died in military service to the United States. The time 3 p.m. was chosen because it is the time when most Americans are enjoying time off of work ...

7. National Memorial Day Concert - Wikipedia

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   present. The National Memorial Day Concert is a free annual concert performed on the west lawn of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., in commemoration of Memorial Day from 1989-2019 and in 2022. In 2020 and 2021, the concert was broadcast on PBS and streamed, but was not live, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

8. Openclipart - Wikipedia

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   Openclipart, also called Open Clip Art Library, is an online media repository of free-content vector clip art. The project hosts over 160,000 free graphics and has billed itself as "the largest community of artists making the best free original clipart for you to use for absolutely any reason". The website was brought down for several months by ...

9. The late Rev. Billy Graham is immortalized in a statue ... - AOL

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   A bronze sculpture of the late Rev. Billy Graham was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, with Christianity's most prolific evangelist once known as “America’s Pastor” immortalized in ...